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No. 29813
I always get confused as to what people here mean by arc. Like, sometimes they say "Skypiea arc" and they mean "from when the strawhats reach the White Sea to when they go back down" and sometimes they mean "from when they get to Jaya to when they leave Skypiea." The first separates the story based on the strawhats' locations, while the second separates it based on common plot threads (most people use "saga" for this).
Using the first meaning, the Fishman Island arc would last from when they enter the bubble to when they leave the bubble. If we define the arcs like this I would personally put it over stuff like Long Ring Long Land (aka the Davy Back Fight aka the Foxy arc aka a volume written for the sake of a single joke) and Amazon Lily, maybe Little Garden.
If we go with the second definition it gets even more confusing, because it might not even be over yet! Luffy has declared Fishman Island his territory and challenged Big Mom, so won't the arc only be over once he beats her? That would downgrade the NFP and their revolution to miniboss obstacle status (which is frankly where they belong), like Bellamy. Then, Fishman Island would actually be just a piece of the Big Mom arc/saga, wouldn't it? And if she's the emperor backing Dofla, then Punk Hazard would be a part of it too! If this is the case I would place the hypothetical "Big Mom arc" over Skypiea, and probably East Blue depending on how it develops.
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Some official materials say that Fishman Island is it's own saga that begins from the start of part 2 and ends when they pop out of the sea, which is then the "New World Saga." Now, I say this is just plain stone cold retarded, since calling the entire new world journey a single arc will probably end up making it take hundreds of chapters and like a decade (or more!) of real time. But whatever. The Fishman Island arc lasts from the start of part 2 until they pop out of the water, making it the shortest saga ever by a huge amount (less than 2/3 the length of the next shortest, a bit over 1/3 the length of the longest). Separated like this I'd say yeah, it's the worst. Its puny scope, lack of any interesting conflict, complete lack of tension, and wonky pacing takes first (last) place pretty easily. Wait, this is the anime thread. Add all the flaws of the current anime to that list.
Wow that sure is a lot of words for something so simple. Where did this come from, anyway? Huh, we were talking about Skypiea? It's ok, and mainly suffers from coming between Alabasta and Water 7, which were much better.
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